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DateSun, 4 Jan 2009 11:05:15 -0700
FromMatthew Wilcox <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/4] fastboot: make scsi probes asynchronous
On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 09:29:40AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >From 2087b546abddced50fa73ea9a71b5a040ae1026e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 05:32:28 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] fastboot: make scsi probes asynchronous
> 
> This patch makes part of the scsi probe (which is mostly device spin up and the
> partition scan) asynchronous. Only the part that runs after getting the device
> number allocated is asynchronous, ensuring that device numbering remains stable.

Is this really a big win?  Were you using the async scsi scan code
already?

-- 
Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."


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